New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-05
LITERARY NOTES.

rotart pucbana.'s book. "a Look Round Literature
III, nob;ish.i ~ this country by scribuer wei'ord.
,lsss Mr. buchanan has lately chaheeo MS o'i'o"
.t,,,ue his book will evoke cries OF rae from oron'f
sn:hofs
MI. Rider Hasgard is housing among mummieS IN
Eoep Ia seal ch OF local color or MS next DooA'
TIE Aeadeny publishes the first time extracts from
.,t.r written by Johnsou's Bo-wel 10 Godsmi'p, con-
era,uating him on the great success" OF his enc
s,oons 10 Conquer" The Eugli nation. IN Bozhys
viey had boon ialng into a etharry. Their Comedies
which should enliven them hike sparkling champagne
were bsyou lug syrup OF r0pies, gentle soporpeA
0raug ,ts Bu now Cody had Invoked the sIirit
of mirtn so long lain dormant, and r"v"ed uH''r"'
huuor aud healthy laughter. Altogether the ie''er
ycry cotcial aud respectful, wit TOUT tho conde'oo"
which his Interiors were apt to bestow upon '"0 s
dramatist
The notification of n Translation OF Gosors HOWELL
sD.ad souls" recalls . curious circumstances oo" 49,,
with IT, This book published III lo4@ nv '"o ~
ver,,ty press Of Moscow. Over lOooo coprs "oio WI
cuxted and although Is said that seoona o'on was
oronbit.d through the irhoeDc- OF sntrsed bureau
the vo:x was well received by :he press and even
=, c,tod literary controversy TO the merits OF the
author. In 1916 a German Translation was pu'lisnea
ami In 1852 Prosper Merimee made the DOCK KNOWN III
France Not until 1854 did il reach England an then
n appeured not as Dead souls by Gogoi the Peters
burg professor but a. Home Lite In Russia ny
Russian Noble " whose name c'nrealed " lest ne
should be sent Siberia This fraud which was atly
called cOOy impudent speculation on English igno-
rance OF Russian literature finally opposed by Inc
Agtraaeu,n Thetevpon the publishers explained that
the manuscript besn purchased by them from Rus
alan baron as his original production and they
furpshed Q letter frou the "author." With supreme
assurance, considering his position as detected literary
thief he said: TIE novel 10 a composition OF my own
knew Nicolai Goeol tho is now dead); he wrote
Q very clever aud long poem on tue subject. so ala
r.ria. nj
with tue Russian nOole's book-a companion made
mage by page and sentence by sentence sho we'd the
latter to DO simply bad translation with few verbal
alterations and omissions
william Blacks ODDLY named novel, sabina Zembla,"
will soon appear In book form.
George Meredith's volume OF Songs and Ballads of
Tragic Iafs" vii be rablisned ,horty by the Macm
lans Thos~ TO have teste OF his poetic quail
tty should oek little lyric en- Merriam" This
.,impse OF Msredh at home ia gwen by Flora Shaw IN
The Princeton Recep:
At thr 70 of Box H in one Of the lovely valleys OF
III" sure do"ns cottage sass a.nssea Ds Snsf
mn old yew hedge screens the garden from curious PISS
M, sn walk es MP to terrace
underneath some hanging woods. where MI Meredit!i
mn ,te may meet Sir. Mere th hinse coming Gown he
tween the apple trees. He Is servicnabiy enc he
cSay held erect the eyes kuile to light heneath
ughttny knit brow- the mouth tor bose who know
him seems ever ready TO break into sonorous speech
He has come down prepare TO walk and talk These
wake and talks the great enjoyments OF his
Strands md as round nre rhood OF Kydal Water
in an Otter reBersion so round the ueicctorhood OF
ROY hi now nlust hang many lasting association OF
Intellectual pleasure.
Mr. Robert Rdeway curtO Of the Department OF birds'
United states National has prepared hook for
pa,uralsts entitled, A Nomenclature Of Colors" This
ia intended TO furnish urasts with sta ,dard means
of identifying various snaes OF colors named in de-
scriptons. Descriptions. hsts a vocabulary aud sam
pes of colors which should oe useful for ref
erence and for drterbi. alton Of exact names Tie
second Part of the volume contains glossary OF tech
meal terms used descriptive ornnoogy and series OF
plates The classfcations appear 10 he intelligent and
the chapters oolors will he found servceabe out
aide of the class the book Is specially tended
Thu publlshers are Little, Brown Il Co.. OF Boston.